Neil’s Creek

The Indiana Historical Society is bringing it’s “Underground Railroad Tour” to Jefferson County March 21 and March 28, 2019. This is the third year for the event and the first time the tour has come to the Madison area. Historian Jeannie Regan-Dinius of the Indiana Department of...

Thanks to our generous contributors, we raised more than $5,000 last year to cover our operating expens­es. Our biggest expense the past 10 years has been a $108,000 loan, which included a balloon payment due in this year. With help from our local MainSource bank manager, we...

The Robert Jefferson family's history includes two Eleutherian students in the 1850s.Who were they?That is the most important question for researchers interested in the students who were educated at Historic Eleutherian College – from it’s inception in the late...

Not long after settlers came to Jefferson County, Indiana, a group of Baptists formed the Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, in a town named Lancaster. They brought in speakers and collected dues, but were more than a social organization. These families were involved...

For Neil’s Creek abolitionists, Eleutherian College was a shining beacon of freedomToday the word ‘Eleutherian’ has a strange sound and is seldom used. It’s tied to classical Greek, part of the Greek Revival period in vogue during the...